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Thunder Over the Prairie (1941)

Thunder Over the Prairie poster
Directed by
Lambert Hillyer
Genre
western
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A doctor rides into a prairie town to help people. He deals with local troubles and shows he is brave and capable.

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What happens

Thunder Over the Prairie is a 1941 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Betty Burbridge. It is based on the 1935 novel The Medico Rides by James L. Rubel. The film stars Charles Starrett, Cliff Edwards, Eileen O'Hearn, Stanley Brown, Danny Mummert and David Sharpe. The film was released on July 30, 1941, by Columbia Pictures. It is a sequel to The Medico of Painted Springs, released a month earlier. The third "Medico" film, Prairie Stranger, debuted in September. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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